Science Vocabulary 1

The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it

• Solar System

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Ellipse

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A large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space; a region in space where stars are born

• Supernova

• Nebula

• Nuclear Fission

• Meteror

A relatively large spherical body that orbits a star

• Planet

• Sun

• Asteroid

• Star

A large celestial body that is composed of gas

and that emits light

• Star

• Moon

• Planet

• Solar System

The sun is a typical ____.

• Moon

• Planet

• Star

• Galaxy

The process by which nuclei of small atoms combine to form a new, more massive nucleus; the process releases energy

• Nuclear fission

• Nuclear fusion

• Nuclear meltdown

• Nuclear emission

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A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity

• Solar system

• Galaxy

• Nebula

• Supernova

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A gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space

• Supernova

• Nebula

• Super Nebula

• Nuclear fusion

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses

• Gravity

• Gas

• Stardust

• Inertia

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The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Fusion

• Trace

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